Found dead in Melbourne hotel room By MICK ROBERTS © HEARING gunfire, the publican of a Melbourne hotel rushed upstairs to find the body of his celebrity guest lying in a pool of blood on a bedroom floor. The year… Read More ›
Victoria hotels
Nude travellers were ‘ejected’ from Bendigo’s Gold Mines Hotel
Ejected from hotel Young men’s strange conduct MELBOURNE, Friday. At Bendigo on Wednesday night, a number of young men went to the Gold Mines Hotel and demanded drink, stating that they were travellers. They refused to leave the premises, and when the… Read More ›
Donkey prank brings fine
Don Baker*, radio comedian, who led a black donkey down Collins st and up the steps of the Hotel Australia on October 21, was fined £3 by Mr Mohr, SM, in the District Court yesterday. But he is £2 in… Read More ›
Counter punch
IT could only happen in Melbourne. The Victorian branch of the ULVA has ordered its members not to serve counter lunches*. More than 50 city and suburban publicans openly flouted the ban today, ordering large stocks of sandwiches. Stated opinion… Read More ›
Police inquiry into a ‘sozzled’ kangaroo
MELBOURNE, Sat — Will kangaroos drink beer? Should they be permitted to do so? The committee of the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria was confronted by these puzzles this week. The matter arose from a recent complaint by a member… Read More ›
Demolition of the Bridge Hotel broke the last link of Outtrim’s past glory
OUTTRIM (Vic.) was once a town with a population of 5,000. With the demolition the other day of the Bridge Hotel, the last link with the town’s past glory has been broken. The fittings and timber of the old hotel were sold by… Read More ›
Dream Job
Sampling extract of the foaming malt which will go towards making the 25 per cent, increased ration of beer for the public, is Mr. Julius Dietrich, who has been brewing beer at Richmond, Victoria, for nearly 20 years. –The Sun… Read More ›
Secret behind the pub mirror: St Kilda’s Junction Hotel
THE Junction Hotel, at the corner of High and Barkly Streets, St Kilda, was established in 1853. The original hotel, although a substantial building for the time, was a much smaller version than the grand wedge shaped Victorian edifice that… Read More ›
Connor’s Bunyip Hotel, West Gippsland
By MICK ROBERTS © A QUAINT inn, named after a mythical Aboriginal swamp creature, is a fine example of how changing transport routes can make or break a publican. The New Bunyip Hotel traded about 80km south east of Melbourne,… Read More ›
Pubs of Daylesford & Surrounds
Daylesford is a spa town located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, within the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia, about 115 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. First established in 1852 as a gold-mining town, today Daylesford has a population… Read More ›